Vol. 3 Issue 10 :: March 11, 2010

"Be careful how you treat God, my friends.  You may say to yourself, 'I can sin against God and then, of course, I can repent and go back and find God whenever I want him.' You try it.  And you will sometimes find that not only can you not find God but that you do not even want to.  You will be aware of a terrible hardness in your heart.  And you can do nothing about it.  And then you suddenly realize that it is God punishing you in order to reveal your sinfulness and your vileness to you.  And there is only one thing to do.  You turn back to him and you say, 'O God, do not go on dealing with me judicially, though I deserve it.  Soften my heart.  Melt me.  I cannot do it myself.' You cast yourself utterly upon his mercy and upon his compassion."  ~ D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, via Ray Ortlund

---

---

In this issue…

• Sunday Preview
• The T-Shirt War
• Jesus: Too Dynamic to be Safe

---

Sunday Preview

• Builders ABF - This is the last week of the series on idolatry, and I trust it has been a time of painful conviction yet renewed hope in Christ.  Also, be prepared for a musical treat from Joel Brovont, as he shares with us a song he recently wrote that powerfully points us to the theme of an undivided heart.
• Corporate Worship - Pastor Whipple is continuing through Philippians, focusing this week on Phil. 4:10-20.  Come prepared to be hearers and doers of the Word!

---

The T-Shirt War

I'm a sucker for these really really ridiculously cool videos.  So you'll just have to humor me.  Enjoy The T-Shirt War!

---

Jesus: Too Dynamic to be Safe

Dorothy Sayers, via the Buzzard Blog:

"We are constantly assured that the churches are empty because preachers insist too much upon doctrine — ‘dull dogma,’ as people call it. The fact is the precise opposite. It is the neglect of dogma that makes for dullness. The Christian faith is the most exciting drama that ever staggered the imagination of man — and the dogma is the drama…. This is the dogma we find so dull — this terrifying drama which God is the victim and the hero. If this is dull, then what, in Heaven’s name, is worthy to be called exciting? The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused Him of being a bore — on the contrary; they thought Him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround Him with an atmosphere of tedium. We have very efficiently pared the claws of the Lion of Judah, certifying Him ‘meek and mild,’ and recommended Him as a fitting household pet for pale curates and pious old ladies."